Reported Q: Q2 2025 Rev YoY: +9.0% EPS YoY: +2.5% Move: -1.96%
Costco Wholesale
COST
$978.01 -1.96%
Exchange NASDAQ Sector Consumer Defensive Industry Discount Stores
Q2 2025
Published: Mar 13, 2025

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Reported

Report Date

Mar 13, 2025

Quarter Q2 2025

Revenue

63.72B

YoY: +9.0%

EPS

4.02

YoY: +2.5%

Market Move

-1.96%

Previous quarter: Q1 2025

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Earnings Highlights

  • Revenue of $63.72B up 9% year-over-year
  • EPS of $4.02 increased by 2.5% from previous year
  • Gross margin of 15.1%
  • Net income of 1.79B
  • "“Tomorrow, we will open up in Brentwood, California, followed by an opening in Highlands, California the following day, and four additional US openings next week, including our Sharon, Massachusetts opening on March 12th, which will be our 620th US warehouse and the 900th Costco location worldwide. We’re projecting 28 new openings during fiscal year 2025, of which three will be relocations, for 25 net new buildings.”" - Ron Vachris
COST
Company COST

Executive Summary

Costco delivered a solid QQ2 2025 with robust top-line growth and continued member strength, supported by a growing e-commerce and ancillary revenue base. Net sales reached $63.7 billion, up 9.1% year over year, driven by US comp sales up 8.3% (9.1% adjusted for gas deflation and FX) and strong international performance, notably Canada and select markets. E-commerce comp sales rose 20.9% (22.2% adjusted for FX), underscoring Costco’s growing online penetration and multi-channel capabilities. Total company gross margin expanded modestly to 10.85% (up 5 bps YoY, 4 bps ex gas deflation), while SG&A benefited from productivity gains and cost discipline, yielding SG&A as a share of revenue of 9.06% (down 8 bps YoY). Operating income rose 12.3% to $2.316 billion, with net income at $1.789 billion and diluted EPS of $4.02, representing a low-to-mid single-digit YoY growth excluding a prior-year discrete tax benefit. The company reaffirmed its long-run growth thesis: ongoing US and international footprint expansion (targeting ~25 net new warehouses in FY2025), stronger private-label penetration, digital enhancements (personalization and MVM optimization), and an expanding retail-media/alternative revenue framework to support member value. Management signaled FX headwinds and tariff uncertainty as key external risks, while maintaining a focus on value leadership—pricing actions to lower prices where opportunities exist and absorbing cost increases when feasible. The balance sheet remains strong with substantial liquidity, modest leverage, and ample free cash flow generation, supporting ongoing capex and shareholder returns aligned with Costco’s disciplined capital allocation framework.

Key Performance Indicators

Revenue
Increasing
63.72B
QoQ: 2.53% | YoY: 9.04%
Gross Profit
Increasing
9.61B
15.09% margin
QoQ: 19.55% | YoY: 31.66%
Operating Income
Increasing
2.32B
QoQ: 5.46% | YoY: 12.32%
Net Income
Increasing
1.79B
QoQ: -0.56% | YoY: 2.58%
EPS
Increasing
4.03
QoQ: -0.49% | YoY: 2.54%

Revenue Trend

Margin Analysis

Historical Earnings Comparison

PeriodRevenue ($M)EPS ($)YoY GrowthReport
Q3 2025 63,205.00 4.28 +8.0% View
Q2 2025 63,723.00 4.02 +9.0% View
Q1 2025 62,151.00 4.04 +7.5% View
Q4 2024 79,697.00 5.29 +1.0% View
Q3 2024 58,515.00 3.78 -25.9% View